NSF INCLUDES DDLP: Indigenous Math Circles Communities

NSF 包括 DDLP：本土数学圈社区

• 批准号: 1744474
• 负责人: David Auckly
• 金额: $ 29.98万
• 依托单位: Kansas State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-10-01 至 2023-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1744474&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; INCLUDES; DDLP; Indigenous; Math

This NSF INCLUDES Design and Development Launch Pilot is to expand the Navajo Nation Math Circle model to other sites, and to develop and launch a network of math circles based on the NNMC model. The Navajo Nation Math Circle model is a novel approach to broadening the participation of indigenous peoples in mathematics that, ultimately, seeks to improve American Indian students' attitudes towards mathematics, persistence with challenging problems, and grades in math courses. Navajo Nation Math Circles bring teachers, students, and mathematicians together to work collaboratively on challenging, but meaningful and fun, math problems. Through this NSF INCLUDES project, additional math circles across the Navajo Nation will be launched and a mirror site in Washington State serving additional tribes (such as Puyallup, Muckleshoot, Tulalip, and Stillaguamish) will be established. Originating approximately a century ago in Eastern Europe as a means to engage students in mathematical thinking, math circles bring teachers, students, and math professionals together to work collaboratively on challenging, but relevant and interesting, math problems. Navajo Nation Math Circles, established math circles in various Navajo Nation communities, are the foundation of this INCLUDES project. One goal of this effort is to launch a network with the capacity to support the replication and adaption of math circles in multiple sites as an innovative strategy for encouraging indigenous math engagement through culturally enriched open-ended group math explorations. In addition, the Navajo Nation Math Circle model will be expanded to new math circles in the Navajo Nation, as well as in Washington State to serve additional tribes. Cells in the network will implement key elements of the Navajo Nation Math Circle model, adapting them to their particular contexts. Such elements include facilitation of open-ended group math explorations, incorporating indigenous knowledge systems; a Mathematical Visitor Program sending mathematicians to schools to work with students and their teachers; inclusion of mathematics in public festivals to increase community mathematical awareness; a two-week summer math camp for students; and teacher development opportunities ranging from workshops to immersion experiences to a mentoring program pairing teachers with mathematicians.

这个NSF包括设计和开发的启动试点是将纳瓦霍民族数学圈模型扩展到其他网站，并开发和推出基于NNMC模型的数学圈网络。纳瓦霍民族数学圈模式是一种扩大土著人民参与数学活动的新方法，最终旨在提高美洲印第安人学生对数学的态度、对具有挑战性的问题的坚持性和数学课程的成绩。纳瓦霍民族数学圈将教师、学生和数学家聚集在一起，共同解决具有挑战性、但有意义和有趣的数学问题。通过这个NSF Includes项目，将在整个纳瓦霍民族推出更多的数学圈，并将在华盛顿州建立一个镜像网站，为更多的部落(如Puyallup、Mucklushot、Tulalip和Stillaguamish)提供服务。数学圈大约一个世纪前起源于东欧，作为一种让学生参与数学思维的手段，它将教师、学生和数学专业人士聚集在一起，共同解决具有挑战性但相关和有趣的数学问题。纳瓦霍民族数学圈，在各个纳瓦霍民族社区中建立起来的数学圈，是这个包括项目的基础。这一努力的一个目标是建立一个能够支持在多个地点复制和改编数学圈的网络，作为一种创新战略，通过丰富文化内涵的开放式集体数学探索，鼓励本土数学参与。此外，纳瓦霍民族数学圈模型将扩展到纳瓦霍民族的新数学圈，以及华盛顿州，以服务于更多的部落。网络中的单元将实现纳瓦霍民族数学圈模型的关键要素，使其适应其特定的背景。这些内容包括促进不限成员名额的小组数学探索，纳入本地知识体系；数学访问者计划派遣数学家到学校与学生和他们的老师合作；将数学纳入公共节日以提高社区的数学意识；为学生举办为期两周的数学夏令营；以及教师发展机会，从讲习班到沉浸体验，到将教师与数学家配对的指导计划。